Your Employer Operates in an Industry in Which Company Sales

question 15

Multiple Choice

Your employer operates in an industry in which company sales are expected to increase by 5% next year.Your employer,however,has issued earnings guidance in which it declared that it expects its sales to increase by 13% next year.As a result,which of the following elements of the Fraud Triangle are present?

• A) Rationalization
• B) Pressure to engage in channel stuffing
• C) Opportunity to exceed expectations
• D) Opportunity to garner above-market stock performance gains

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